Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-04-01

lie ltSU lbClUGt Ill lne present Ip1Ipn
course, is to be delivered in the Village
Hall, Milton, on Friday evening,
April /, by the Rev q H. Bailey of Rich
ford All are cordially invited to enjoy
an opportunity for pleasure and profit that
is generously and freely given
JERICHO CENTRE.
A resident of this town who has meas
uled the snowfall this winter says we
haye had fall of 1S feet ..... Mrs. Little
field is confined to her room by illness
Her daughters are both with her.....M Mr..
Joseph Woodruff is sick and cannot liv-
hut Il few days. He was a former resi-
dent of Westford. .....S. &. Butler of Es-
sex spent few days here, with his daugh
ter, Mrs DR.. Cllley. He expects to make
his home with her for the present after Il
few weeks .... f. +. l. me and Frank Cham
bers are to carry on George Stiles sugar
place this season.
wEsTFORD.
a very little maple sugar has been made
...... David Macomber has engaged to
work for f. j. Parker the coming season
at creamery in Georgia. The stock
and personal effects OF William +. Allen,
insolvent, are advertised for sale at auc-
tion next saturday. Also the personal
property of l.. w. Irish, insolvent, is to be
sold by auction next Monday .... The
public schoo money, s545, was divided last
Friday by the selectmen among II dis
preparation to move to St. Johnsbury to
live with her sister.
HUNTINGTON.
Rev. Mr.. Lyster of Lincoln preached
last sunday at Jonesville in the forenoon
and at Huntington Centre in the after
noon. The committee are making an
effort TO secure his services to supply the
desk in place of Rev. f. b. Fuller, resign
ed ...... Mrs. Carrie Fay daughter of G. d.
lIE a tl 10 in IL 81
spring. James NJ. Moore has moved
his machinery for manufacturing furni-
ture stock out of the steam mill at the
Centre into the mill at Rocky Dale in
Bristol. l.....A large flock OF wild geese
passed over this vicinity going North one
day last week ...,.. The item in a recent
issue of the FREE PRESS in regard 10 h.
Johns leasing the farm of Harry Ross
should have read Horace Tomlinson in
stead of Mr.. Johns.
UNDERHILI.
There was a donation visit and oys-
ter supper at he Union chutch, Underhill
Centre, March 81, for the benefit of Rev.
Joel p. Woodwork has received a pen
sion Of IS per mouth aud over $1,000
back pay...... Miss Mary Hayden is home
for short time. ....W. +. Terrill is home
from Norwich University. Mrs. w. ;.
Nay has been re-engaged to sing in the
ton, beginning first Sunday in April.
Mr.. James Wilbur the popular clerk at
the white storen has moved into the
house vacated by John Lessor. .. f. A.
Simunds lost horse recently and friends
are circulating ii paper to AID him in pur-
chasing another one.
JERICHO
Mrs. H. f. Percival and son of Buring-
ton are visiting in town ..... Mr. and Mrs
= Reach Of RnrlipUtOD N
Sunday. Mrs. f. f. Lane is on the
sick list. Young q. Nay of Milton has
been engaged by Mr.. Gausha to make the
butter at the creamery this season.. .....
DR.. w. NJ. Bradford has fitted up and
moved into the front rooms, up stairs, in
Pierce'S block. 49,. As it getting so late IL
the season and also owing to the great
depth of snow in the woods many of our
sugar makers will not attempt to make
sugar this year. BY far the heaviest
fall of snow at any one time this season
was the one of last week. From 10 inches
on the street 70 20 inches in the woods
Never before were our roads in so bad a
condition at this season of the year Much
labor and morey will have to be expended
to make them passabe for wagons.
The village school meeting Tuesday even
ing was well attended The following
officers were elected; Moderator, NJ. II.
Alexander; clerk l.. G. stevens colec.
tor, NJ. H. Alexander treasurer. ID. +.
ers, f. b. Williams, f +. Slmonds. Tax
voted - cents on the dollar of the grand
list.
wINoOSKI.
Mr.. Orlo II Smith, son of II w. Smith.
died very suddenly at the residence of 5.
w, II. Gittin Friday at "A. m. of pneu
monit. The funeral will take uace at he
residence Of Mr.. Gillin Sunday at 2 D. m.
Mr. Smith had been confined to his bed
only few DAYS and the morning he died
he felt so much better that he thought he
would sit up "A little while, hut he had not
been up more than 10 minutes when he
dropped away without struggle. ....
Mr. II. ;. Weston has lost another horse.
making three that he has lost in all the
past week. 1t is claimed that it was a
weed in the hay called fOXglove that kill
ed them Mr., Weston has had as many
as 10 horses sick al one time. The Sc
lectmen divided the school fund among
thr several districts of the town Friday
and district No. q received $40 50 as its
proportion The whole amount of the
school fund WAS Sl9I6 40.
Luuis Dcvlno has gone to Manchester,
n ~ where he intends to make S
home III the luture,.... Miss Emma Pol.
finger returned from Philadelphia. pa.
FRIDAY, where she has been VISITING her
sister. go. The ladies' of the Metho-
dist church will give Maple sugar
soclahle in the parlors of the chnrch Fri
Curtis Melaney, son of James Melanev
of Burlington. was visiting AT f. W Nc.
Crae's, Tuesday, and while ont coastinp
back of Mr.. McCrae's houst, ran inIo -
tree and broke his leg Drs. peck and
Richardson attended him. He can not he
moved home for three or four weeks.
HlNESBURGH.
The snow is so deep and driftei in manv
sugar orchards that is impossible to work
them. .... The school board at recent
meeting elected Rev. A ). Gilbert chair
man and assigned the schools rs follows
II NJ. Wilson has Nos / and 9, A. Vice.
has Nos, 4 and q, NJ. j. Finney has Nos. :
and s, DR.. f. b. Viii ttker has Nos O. II
and 3, A. :. Gilbert has Nos. and l3 O
Kenyon has Nos 10 and l2......Mr j. G.
,WeIler's team ran from the lot to the
Darn without driver and went under Il
shed with such force as to demoish a
sKgle wagon, The horses were n in.
Jnrtd Rev. A. 5. Gilbert contrm
plates closing his pastorate of the Baptist